Health

What in the world is antimicrobial resistance?

Antimicrobials are medicines used to prevent and treat infections in humans, animals and plants. Antimicrobial resistance occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi or parasites resist the effects of available antimicrobial medications. ...

Health

Call your doctor if your child has these symptoms

(Medical Xpress) -- Unfortunately, kids get sick. Fighting a virus or common cold is good for a child’s immune system and can help build antibodies that protect them from dangerous illnesses. Still, there are times when ...

Medical research

Researchers use gene therapy to restore sense of smell in mice

(Medical Xpress)—A team of scientists from Johns Hopkins and other institutions report that restoring tiny, hair-like structures to defective cells in the olfactory system of mice is enough to restore a lost sense of smell. ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

One more dead, three sick with mystery virus: WHO

Another person has died of a mysterious respiratory virus and three more cases have been discovered in Saudi Arabia and Qatar, the World Health Organisation said Friday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Jordan says SARS-like virus deaths isolated cases

Jordan's health minister has said that two deaths in the kingdom from a SARS-like virus earlier this year which were confirmed by the World Health Organisation last week were isolated cases.

Health

Parents less likely to develop colds, research shows

There is no question that being a parent is, at times, challenging both physically and mentally. However knowledge of the actual affect parenthood has on health has been inconsistent at best, until now.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

New worry: 'Flurona,' when COVID meets the flu

(HealthDay)—It's a COVID phenomenon that had, until now, gone relatively unnoticed: You can be infected with COVID-19 and the flu at the same time.

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